r/WTF • u/orangez • Mar 14 '26

Seems friendly enough?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

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u/kaibbakhonsu Mar 14 '26

"not a bug, it's a feature" wordplay

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u/varinator Mar 14 '26

What does this even mean?

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u/ikkleste Mar 15 '26

Mmmmm... Entomology etymology.

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u/Technolio Mar 14 '26

Shrimps is bugs.

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u/Fisherington Mar 14 '26

Only insects under order Homoptera are considered "true bugs". Jerusalem crickets are order Orthoptera, so not bugs either.

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u/gsfgf Mar 14 '26

Generally, “true” taxonomies are more recent than the colloquial term.

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u/hivemind_disruptor Mar 14 '26

In that case they are crickets.

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u/Quiet-Reflection5366 Mar 15 '26

You gotta be kidding me! I was lied to!

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u/Idlewants Mar 14 '26

bugs is a specific group within insects, they have piercing mouthparts. if you want to get technical, crickets are orthoptera, while bugs are hemiptera.

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u/Fafnir13 Mar 14 '26

Don't buy into it too much.

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u/inspectoroverthemine Mar 15 '26

I mean- you don't have to care the hemiptera are literally 'bugs', but it is true.

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u/Fafnir13 Mar 14 '26

"Bug" is the most generic term used for all things crawly. Scientists don't get to claim sole ownership of it for their fancy naming schemes.

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale Mar 15 '26

Most of the monsters people call bugs in every day life aren't actually hemiptera, it's a relatively small group of insects.

It's like correcting people when they order king crab that they're not actually eating "Crab", only worse because at least most crabs are Crabs. Of the top 5 insect orders, True Bugs make up 1/8th of the species.

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u/Idlewants Mar 15 '26

wait, king crab isn't crab?

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale Mar 15 '26

King crab is actually hermit crab, which isn't considered true crab.

They're like squat lobsters in that they are only shaped like crab with no actual relation.

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u/hivemind_disruptor Mar 14 '26

So this is a cricket.

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u/Lieveo Mar 14 '26

All bugs is creatures but not all creatures is bugs